"不要克制":咒骂通过国家无约束力提高力量
Richard Stephens1, Harry Dowber1, Christopher Richardson1
1School of Psychology, Keele University.
The American psychologist
|December 18, 2025
概括
咒骂可以通过促进心理状态,如流动和自信,帮助个人克服局限性来提高身体表现. 这种可访问的干预措施在需要高峰性能时增加了努力.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 运动科学 运动科学 运动科学
- 人类表现的人类表现.
背景情况:
- 骂人通常被认为是负面的,但有事链接到增强的体力输出.
- 咒骂增强表现的背后的心理机制尚不清楚.
- 国家消抑制,减少行为克制,是提出的解释.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查重复骂人的话是否与中性词相比提高了身体表现.
- 为了确定与状态脱抑制相关的心理变量是否介导这种效应.
- 探索诅咒作为提高绩效的工具的实际应用.
主要方法:
- 进行了两个预先注册的重复测量实验 (N=88,N=94).
- 参与者在椅子上按任务中重复了一个自选的骂词或一个中性词.
- 评估了潜在的调解因素 (流动,分心,幽默,自信).
主要成果:
- 这两项实验都证实了在发誓条件下显著的性能改善.
- 综合分析 (N=300) 显示,心理流动,分心和自信调解了骂人的优势.
- 在个体实验中,调解效应略有变化.
结论:
- 咒骂通过诱导心理状态来提高身体表现,从而促进了努力,减少了自我施加的约束.
- 这些发现表明,骂人可能是一种低成本的心理干预,用于提高运动表现,康复和自信.
- 发誓可以帮助个人通过减少内部障碍来释放他们的全部潜力.
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